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Drogba ghosts return as Zambia win shootout

YoopyaFebruary 13, 2012

by YoopyaFebruary 13, 201201

By Mark Gleeson LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Didier Drogba’s ghosts returned to haunt him as Zambia won the African Nations Cup for the first time after beating...

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La Nina seems to have peaked, set to decline: WMO

YoopyaFebruary 10, 2012

by YoopyaFebruary 10, 201204

GENEVA (Reuters) – La Nina, a weather phenomenon usually linked to heavy rains and flooding in Asia-Pacific and South America and drought in Africa, seems to...

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S.Africa’s Zuma squashes mine nationalisation talk

YoopyaFebruary 10, 2012

by YoopyaFebruary 10, 201202

By Tiisetso Motsoeneng and Sherilee Lakmidas JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – President Jacob Zuma squashed more than two years of talk on Friday about the nationalisation of South...

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ANC delays final sentencing for suspended Malema

YoopyaFebruary 6, 2012

by YoopyaFebruary 6, 201204

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling ANC has delayed final sentencing for suspended Youth League leader Julius Malema, who lost an appeal this weekend against charges...

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Suspected Boko Haram kill 6 in Nigeria’s Maiduguri

YoopyaFebruary 1, 2012

by YoopyaFebruary 1, 201203

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected militants from the Boko Haram Islamist sect have killed six people in shootings in Nigeria’s remote northeastern Borno state in the...

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One killed as Senegal police, anti-Wade crowds clash

YoopyaFebruary 1, 2012January 23, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 1, 2012January 23, 202301545

By Diadie Ba and Bate Felix At least one person was killed on Tuesday as Senegalese security forces armed with truncheons and tear gas clashed...

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Nigeria stunned by Kano attacks that killed more than 150

YoopyaJanuary 26, 2012February 20, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 26, 2012February 20, 202301509

The carefully orchestrated strikes in the northern Nigeria city of Kano are reminiscent of Al Qaeda attacks, and dwarf previous assaults by the Islamic group...

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Egypt marks anniversary of ‘Arab Spring’ revolution

YoopyaJanuary 26, 2012

by YoopyaJanuary 26, 201204

Crowds throng Cairo’s Tahrir Square to celebrate free elections and commemorate the revolution that ousted President Hosni Mubarak, and to curse ruling generals for crushing...

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Ethiopia lifts ban on 35 athletes, including Bekele

YoopyaJanuary 24, 2012

by YoopyaJanuary 24, 201204

By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia has lifted its suspension of 35 athletes, including double Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele, an athletics official said on...

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Exiled president of Madagascar flies out of South Africa, faces possible arrest

YoopyaJanuary 21, 2012

by YoopyaJanuary 21, 2012030

JOHANNESBURG — Madagascar’s ousted president left South Africa Saturday after three years in exile, saying he wanted to help restore peace and democracy in his...